Helical-roll winder.



G. S. LOCKWOOD. HELICAL ROLL WINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910.

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C. S. LOCKWOOD.

HELICAL ROLL WINDER.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7, 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910.

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APPLICATION FILED JAN. 7. 1910. 964,288,, Patented July 12, 1910.

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HELIGAL ROLL WINDER.

APPLIGATION FILED JAN. 7. 1910.

Patented July 12, 1910.

CHARLES S. LOCKWOOD, OF NEWARK, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO IE IYATT ROLLER BEARING COMPANY, OF HARRISON, NEW JERSEY, A CORPORATION OF NEW J EBS EY.

HELIOAL-EOLL WINDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July as, rare.

To all whom it may concemi 1 Be it known that I, CHARLES S. LOCK- WOOD, a citizen of the United States, residing at 289 Market street, Newark, county of Essex, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improve-- -ments in Helical-Roll Winders, fully described and represented in the following specification and the accompanying drawings, forming a part of the same.

This invention relates to a machine for winding helical rolls, such .as have long been the mandrel attached to oneend of the same mounted movablyupon the bed to advance the mandrel lengthwise of the bed during.

the winding .operation, and a feed-screw extended from the opposite end ofthe carrier; by which donstruction either the mandrel or the feed-screw projects from the end of the bed and thus necessitates a floor-space nearly three times the len th of the bed, for operating the machine. 11 such construction, the screw has been used to rotate the mandrel, and a nut having a differential movement in relation to the screw is therefore necessary to vary the advance of the mandrel when strips of various widths are wound upon it; and one object of the pres-j ent invention is to dispense with such a dif-Q ferentially operated nut, and another object is to avoid any projection of the screw beyond the end of the bed, so as to shorten the floor-space required in operating the machine. These objects are attained by mounting the coil-winding devices in Stanchions at one end of the bed, journaling .a feedscrew on the bed, with a driving pulley at the opposite end of the bed, and mounting the mandrel-driver upon a carria e which is traversed longitudinally upon t e bed by the feed-screw, and which is also rotated by the screw through the means of changeable gear-wheels; which construction permits the mandrel-driver to rotate at a diiferent from the screw, although propelled thereby.

The invention also lncludes various details of construction, which will be understood by reference to the annexed drawing, in which Figure 1 is a plan of machine embodying the improvements; Fig. 2 is, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the coil -winding devices upon a larger scale thanFig. 1; 4 is an end elevation, and Fig. 5 a plan of the same devices, Fig. 4 showing chiefly the parts relating to the winding and guiding of the strip; Fig. 6 is a side elevatlon of the mandreldrlver carriage, and Fig. 7 is a cross section of the same on line 7-7 in Fig. 6.

A is the bed provided ontop with ways A, to which the carriage C is fitted mov-.

ably to propel the mandrel, and provided with a bearing C for a mandrel-driver spindle D.

Stanchions B support the wind' de vices at one end of the bed and one en of a feed-screw F is journaled in a bearing E shown. A hearing E at the opposite end sustains the driving end of the screw,-which is shown provided with speed-pulle G.

The carriage C is provided wit a sectional nut to engage said screw, consisting.

of two blocks G fitted within a box at opposite sides of the screw F, and having bolts H, H, projected from them through slots I in the top of the box. 7

A hand-lever J is pivoted to the bolt H and has an adjacent bolt I which is connected with the bolt H by a link K, the turning of the handle in the position shown in Fig. 5 operating to separate the nut-sections G, and the reverse position for the bandle shown in Fig. 1 serving to draw the sections, together and lock the carriage to the feed-screw. y

A forked bearing L has afoot L secured at one end of the carriage, and a toothed wheel M is carried movably by the same upon the feed-screw, being adapted to slip len hwise upon the feed-screw, but having a eather a fitted to a spline or groove 6 upon the screw; so that the gear revolves with the feed-screw in all positions of the carriage. From this gear M motion is transspeed i mitted to the mandrel-driver D by a wheel N upon the spindle D', and change-wheels mounted upon an arm 0 WlllCh is adjustable upon a boss 0 surrounding the rear end of the mandrel-driver, so that the wheel N can be remove% and another of different size substituted W en desired, to va the rotations of the mandrel-driver in re ation to the screw.

The s indle D carries a chuck D having a bore 2 to fit the mandrel a, and having a sloping slot 6 to receive the head or primary end of the strip t, and a set-screw b for clam ing the same in the slot.

rollers a may The coll-bending devices as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and-5, consist of winding-rollers c journaled on axles 0 upon the front ends of the leversd, which are pivoted by pins 6 in the housing B, the rear ends of the lever being connected by a right and left-hand screw f fittedjto nuts g on the levers, by which-the e approximated or separated at pleasure, to. press upon the roll-coils e of different sizes.

The screw 1 is journaled in a bearing h fixed upon the housing in line with the nuts 9, and has split collars i threaded to fit the screw at opposite sides of thebearing, and each clamped thereon when adjusted by aclamping screw 7' as shown in Fig. 5. j A stand P upon the front of the housing is formed with a dovetailed groove Q to receive a so-called roll-rest-slide S, from which a front rest 8 is projected to contact with the front sides of. the coils as they are wound u on the mandrel, as shown in Fig. 4, to resist the pull of the strip t.

The rollsrest-slide .and the rest are ad justed to the coils e b a nut S upon a screw T which is attac ed to the stand P. In Fig. 5, the strip 25 is shown extended between the rollersc and. guided by two strip-guides in the form of wheels u and u, the former being pivoted upon a detachable foot 'w which is dovetailed loosely into cheeks w upon the top of the front rollrest 8, which lies beneath the strip and its guide-wheels, so as to contact with the front side of the coils e. The roll-rest s is detachable from the rest-slide S, so that it can be renewed when worn and it carries upon its top the cheeks w in which the foot w of the guide-roll u is fitted, thus enabling this guide-roll to be quickly removed whenever a new strip is applied to the mandrel.

an adjusting-screw V. he post V is secured. in the side of the stand and has a' v 'crosshead W upon its outer end-in which the Screw is journaled. The leg U ismovable ide-post V and a upon the post V and when the screw is turned by the hand-wheel shown in Figs. 3 and 5, the guide-wheel u can be adjusted to and from the guide-wheel u so as to embrace, and guide, strips of various widths when fed to the mandrel.

When a long mandrel is fedbetween the bending-rollers a to the middle of its length, the mandrel has a eat tendency to'vibrate; and, to steady it, with the coils form'edthereon, adjacent to the rolls, a vertically movable brace R is fitted to a groove R inthe stanchion'and formed with an acute angled notch in the top which can be pressed upwardly to fit the coils, whatever their diameter, by an adjustable hand-leverR which projects from the front of the bed as shown m Fig. 4, and can be secured in any adjusted position by locking it to a segment 1 by the bolt 1". This brace steadies the mandrel close to the rollers a which are formed with a slight taper at one end for a suficient distance to produce a gradually increasing pressure upon the roll-coils as they move toward the rollers. The taper-on the rollers is necessarily exaggerated in the drawing. It is found that such gradually increasing pressure. renders the rollers more effective 1n conforming the rolls to the mandrel and in producing a smooth and uniform surface upon them.v

The movement of the coils between the winding rollers is of two entirely. distinct natures, the first consistin of the winding and bending movement 0 the strip, as it conforms to the shape of the mandrel; andthe other a movement longitudinally of the coils and mandrel, as the mandrel is moved endwise to receive the accumulating coils that end of the roller and the adjacent lever, with balls w fitted between the ballraces which resist the pressure with a minimum of friction. (See Fig.3.) -An equivafitting annular ball-races w. around the axles a of the r0llers,between lent strain in the opposite direction is exerted upon the mandrel-driver D, which is resisted by balls y fitted to ball-races between the bearing C and the gear-wheel N, as shown in Fig. 6.

The tapering of the roller reduces .its bearing 'surface'on the coils, and thus conassess centrates its pressure upon the strip. The tapering of the roll also compresses the strip gradually and avoids the formation of a crease upon the strip which would be caused by a corner upon the roller where the strip first. strikes it.

From the above description it will be seen that the winding of the coils upon the mandrel is effected without using a longitudinally m'ovable screw, and no projection beyond the end'of the bed is therefore occasioned in the use of the machine, except the projection of the mandrel which extends rom the stanchions B at'the beginning of the winding operation. By using the screw as the member to revolve the mandreldriver, the construction is very greatly simplified, and a mere speed-cone is required to rotate the screw at various speeds when winding strips of diiferentdimensions upon mandrels of diiferent sizes.

' It is obvious that a small or thin strip can be bent to wind upon a mandrel with less resistance and consequently at higher speed than a heavier strip, for which reason a I speed-cone is provide A great convenience in introducing the strip to the mandrel is secured by having one of the guide-wheels u readily removed, as is eflected by means of the tapering dovetailed foot w shown in Fig. 5. A hole is shown in the nearer end of this foot, in which a hooked tool can be inserted to pull it out of its cheeks 10 when the stripis wholly Wound upon the mandrel, and the strip is then readily cut off by a suitable tool and the coils removed from the mait permits the free handling of the strip. Y

Having thus set forth the nature of the invention what is claimed herein is:

1. In a helical roll-winder, the combination, with amandrel and means to advance it, of rollers to compress the roll-coils upon the mandrel, said rollers having their axes parallel with the mandrel, and having a slightly greater diameter at one end, to exert an increasing pressure upon the roll-coils asthey move between the rollers. V

2'. In a helicalroll-winder, the combination, with a mandrel and means to advance it, of rollers to compress the roll-coils upon the mandrel, the said rollers having their they move-between the rollers, and balls fitted between the delivery end of each roller and its bearing to resist the end pressure of the advancing coils. r

3. In a helical roll-winder, the combination, with a mandrel and rollers to bend the strip around the same, of a stand in front of the mandrel, a rest-slide fitted to the top of the stand, a guide-wheel on the rest-slide, a guide-holder adjacent to such slide, a

ide-wheel thereon, means for adjusting the holder 'upon the stand, and means for adjusting the guide-wheels to and from one another toward the edges of the strip.

4. In a helical roll-winder, the combination, with a mandrel and means to advance it, of rollers to compress the roll-coils upon the mandrel, movable strip-guides as the wheels u and a, adjustable to both edges of the strip to guide the strip positively to the mandrel, and a front roll-rest adjustable to the front side of the roll beneath the level of the strip-guides.

5; In a helical roll-winder, the combination, with a mandrel, and rollers to press the strip upon the same, of a stand in front of the mandrel, a rest-slide fitted to the top of the stand, and a holder carrying a stripguide adjacent to such slide with a leg extended downward at the side of the stand, and a guide-post in the side of the stand for the said leg, a crosshead u on such guidepost and a screw fitted mova ly to the stand, the crosshead and the leg of the holder to adjust the holder and the strip-guides before the mandrel.

6. In a helical roll-Winder, the combination, with a suitable bed, of a housing fixed thereto, a winding device thereon for winding the coils upon a mandrel, a carriage movable lengthwise of the bed, a mandreldriver journaled upon the carriage, a mandrel supported thereby and extended through the bending device, a screw-bearing fixed upon the bed, a feed-screw journaled. in said bearing, anut upon the carriage engaging the feed-screw, means for rotating the screw, and means connecting the screw and the mandrel-driver to rotate the mandrel-driver while the carriage is fed along the bed.

7. In a helical roll-winder, the combination, with a suitable bed, of a housing fixed upon one end of the bed, a winding .device thereon, for winding the coils upon a mandrel, a carriage movable lengthwise of the bed, a mandrel-driver journaled upon the carriage, a mandred supported thereby and extended throu h the said windin device, a screw-bearing fixed u on the be a feedscrew journaled in sai bearing and extended through a. nut upon the carriage, a. gear- I my hand in the nresence of two subscribing Wheel journaled upon the carriage and witnesses.

.splined to the feed-screw to be rotated there- GHARLfiS\S. LOCKWOOD by, and a connection from said wheel to the mandrel-driver torotate the same while the carriage advances.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set Witnesses L. LEE, Tnomes S. CRANE. 

